The vast scale of global trade presents a constant threat of introducing new plant diseases, which is challenging to the United States system of biosecurity. Plant health professionals often must ...

In just 7 years, the Irish Potato Famine caused approximately one million people to starve to death and forced another estimated million to flee Ireland as refugees. A mold called Phytophthora ...

Scientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while tracking exactly how much carbon ...

Find out about the journal aims and scope. To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Science of Plants levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information ...

Plants evolved multiple signaling pathways that transduce light-related signals between leaves. These are thought to improve light stress acclimation in a process termed systemic acquired acclimation.

Triacontanol (TRIA), a common constituent of plant waxes, was first shown in 1977 to be an active growth substance which at nanomolar concentrations increased the growth and yield of crops. TRIA is ...

ATRIMED today shared an update on a long running research effort led in part by physician scientist Dr. Latha Damle, whose work alongside her husband and research partner, Dr. Damle, has helped build ...